Dinah Seabrooke is in seventh grade and distraught at learning that the sun will vaporize the earth in about 5 billion years. Nothing matters anymore-not class elections, the school play, even her relationship with Nick. Then Dinah suffers her first loss and discovers the reasons to live fully even though nothing lasts forever. "Sensitively told and a pleasure to read."-Kirkus Reviews

Trying to cope with her thoughts about death by writing poems and talking with a elderly friend, Mrs. Briscoe, Dinah Seabrook wonders about the importance of the school elections, school play, & even her relationship with Nick Tribble.